| loss of lyme disease spirochetes from ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on european blackbirds. | to determine whether blackbirds (turdus merula), the most abundant and most abundantly tick-infested ecotonal bird of central europe, may contribute to the transmission of the lyme disease spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi), we compared the infectivity to ticks of naturally as well as experimentally infected blackbirds and rodents. european blackbirds experience intense exposure to ixodes ricinus ticks and to the pathogens that they transmit. in nature, subadult i. ricinus ticks found feeding on ... | 1992 | 1740177 |
| identification of borrelia burgdorferi isolated in korea using outer surface protein a (ospa) serotyping system. | two characteristic strains (935t, 934u) of b. burgdorferi isolated from ixodes persulcatus and a wild rodent (apodemus agrarius) in korea were selected and analyzed by an immunoblot method using the monoclonal antibodies directed to different epitopes of outer surface protein a (ospa). the reactive pattern of strain 934u with these monoclonal antibodies was identical to that of strains belonging to b. afzelii and that of strain 935t was different from other isolates. monoclonal antibody (5tee3) ... | 1994 | 7723693 |
| [the first isolation of borrelia burgdorferi in apodemus flavicollis in yugoslavia]. | small rodent species, as well as their ectoparasitic fauna, and the presence of borrelia burgdorferi in their blood and internal organs (liver and spleen) was investigated, at two locations (kosutnjak, lipovicka suma) in belgrade. animals were caught between september 15-17, 1992. on location kosutnjak two apodemus flavicollis were trapped and borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from the spleen of one of them. on location lipovicka suma 13 rodents were trapped as follows: 10 apodemus flavicollis, ... | 1993 | 8262432 |
| identification and characterization of lyme disease spirochetes, borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated in korea. | lyme disease spirochetes, borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, were identified and characterized for the first time in korea. four isolates, designated konkuk-1, konkuk-2, kangwon-3, and km-4, were made from midgut suspensions of three ixodes ticks and heart tissue from one mouse, apodemus agrarius, collected from chungbuk and kangwon provinces. the four korean isolates and b. burgdorferi sensu lato from other geographic areas and biological sources were compared by using sodium dodecyl sulfate-poly ... | 1993 | 8349761 |
| characterization of borrelia burgdorferi strains isolated from korea by 16s rdna sequence analysis and pcr-rflp analysis of rrf (5s)-rrl (23s) intergenic spacer amplicons. | haenam strains of borrelia burgdorferi, which had been isolated from ixodes granulatus and apodemus agrarius in haenam, korea, were characterized by pcr-rflp analysis of rrf (5s)-rrl (23s) intergenic spacer amplicons and by sequence analysis of the 16s rrna gene (rdna). the msel and dral restriction patterns of the 5s-23s intergenic spacer amplicons of haenam strains differed from those of other b. burgdorferi sensu lato strains. furthermore, in the phylogenetic tree based on the 16s rdna sequen ... | 2000 | 10758897 |
| borrelia sinica sp. nov., a lyme disease-related borrelia species isolated in china. | a survey was performed for lyme disease borrelia in the southern part of china, in zhejiang, sichuan and anhui provinces, along the yangtze river valley, in may of 1997 and 1998. twenty isolates from ixodes granulatus, ixodes ovatus, apodemus agrarius and niviventer confucianus were obtained. these isolates were characterized by rflp of the 5s-23s rdna intergenic spacer, sequence analysis of the intergenic spacer, 16s rdna and flagellin gene, dna-dna hybridization analysis, sds-page and western ... | 2001 | 11594614 |
| [preliminary investigation on reservoir hosts of borrelia burgdorferi in china]. | from 1987 to 1997, the reservoir hosts of borrelia burdorferi(b.b.) were investigated in 16 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of china. seroepidemiological findings indicated that cattle, sheep, dogs and rats from forest areas had a high antibody titer for b.b. (b31) with positive rates of 18.18%-32.61%, 17.12%-61.21%, 38.50-60.00% and 41.18%-86.05% respectively. using bsk medium, 20 strains of b.b. were isolated from apodemus agrarius, clethrionomys rufocanus, eutamias sibiricus, ... | 1999 | 12712735 |
| borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) ticks collected from vegetation and small rodents in recreational areas of the city of poznań. | during 1998-1999, ixodes ricinus (l.) populations were investigated in three different biotopes (deciduous, mixed, coniferous forest) situated in popular recreational areas in poznań, poland. in total, 1,123 questing ticks (1,002 nymphs, 69 males, 52 females) were collected by flagging vegetation. additionally, in 1998 between may and september small rodents were trapped and inspected for feeding ticks. altogether, 213 rodents of three species: apodemus agrarius pall., a. flavicollis melchior, c ... | 2003 | 14596285 |
| two-year study of examination of blood from wild rodents for the presence of antiborrelian antibodies. | the aim of our work was to find the positivity rate of antibodrrelian antibodies (igg) in wild-living rodents in a locality situated in north moravia, czech republic. results of a survey for heart rinses (172) and sera (2) antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) from 6 species of 174 wild rodents from the northern part of the czech republic are presented. samples were obtained in 2001-2002 at one locality (studenka, 49 degrees 44', 18 degrees 05'). host samples included yellow-necke ... | 2003 | 14677912 |
| immunoglobulin g antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in game animals and small mammals in eastern slovakia. | in a survey of game animals and small mammals, the sera of 185 animals were examined for the presence of immunoglobulin g antibodies to the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which causes lyme borreliosis. these animals comprised 59 fallow deer (dama dama), 56 mouflons (ovis musimon) and 70 small mammals of six different species. the sera of the fallow deer and the mouflons were examined by indirect haemagglutination assay. the sera of the small mammals were examined by modified enzyme- ... | 2003 | 15005560 |
| anti-borrelia antibodies in rodents: important hosts in ecology of lyme disease. | data presented in this study focuses on the presence of anti-borrelia antibodies in small mammals from eastern slovakia during 2000-2003. the total seropositivity observed was 18.78% in rodents. amongst all species, the total seroprevalence in apodemus flavicolis was the highest (20.87%), followed by apodemus agrarius (19.58%) and clethrionomys glareolus (11.11%). however, the prevalence in apodemus flavicolis during the year 2000-2001 was higher (26.72%), which reduced to 10.60% in 2002-2003. t ... | 2004 | 15627326 |
| microbial pathogens in ticks, rodents and a shrew in northern gyeonggi-do near the dmz, korea. | a total of 1,618 ticks [420 individual (adults) and pooled (larvae and nymphs) samples], 369 rodents (apodemus agrarius, rattus norvegicus, tscherskia triton, mus musculus, and myodes regulus), and 34 shrews (crocidura lasiura) that were collected in northern gyeonggi-do near the demilitarized zone (dmz) of korea during 2004-2005, were assayed by pcr for selected zoonotic pathogens. from a total of 420 individual and pooled tick dna samples, anaplasma (a.) phagocytophilum (16), a. platys (16), e ... | 2008 | 18716449 |
| prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in rodents from gansu, northwestern china. | lyme disease is a multi-organ infection disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. lyme disease was first documented in north-east china in 1986. since then more than 20 provinces in china were confirmed the existence of nature foci of lyme disease. in the present study, a molecular epidemiological survey was conducted to investigate the presence of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in rodents from gansu province for the first time. | 2010 | 20509909 |
| the enzootic life-cycle of borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) and tick-borne rickettsiae: an epidemiological study on wild-living small mammals and their ticks from saxony, germany. | borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) and rickettsiae of the spotted fever group are zoonotic tick-borne pathogens. while small mammals are confirmed reservoirs for certain borrelia spp., little is known about the reservoirs for tick-borne rickettsiae. between 2012 and 2014, ticks were collected from the vegetation and small mammals which were trapped in saxony, germany. dna extracted from ticks and the small mammals' skin was analyzed for the presence of rickettsia spp. and b. burgdorferi (s.l.) by ... | 2017 | 28285593 |
| [small rodents in the forest ecosystem as infectious disease reservoirs]. | due to numerousness of populations and width of ecologic valence, small rodents are important parts of almost any forest ecosystem. the represent an important animal group, which connects primary makers with higher trophic levels. they transmit various infectious diseases dangerous for the health of people and domestic and wild animals (trichinosis, leptospirosis, tick encephalitis, lyme disease, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, etc.). the following species of small rodents live in forest ... | 2003 | 15011471 |